Chapter Summaries

After Chen Zheng effortlessly destroyed Zhang Zhengdao, Catherine asked to learn his technique but learned she needed to reach the Great Grandmaster realm first. Zhang Zhengyang vowed revenge for his brother, while Qin Yi's crew finished filming and celebrated, leaving An Jing frustrated that Chen Zheng's attention was being delayed.

• Catherine marveled at Chen Zheng's power and asked him to teach her, but he said she would need to reach the Great Grandmaster realm to begin learning.
• Zhang Zhengyang learned that his younger brother Zhang Zhengdao had been killed in Nan City and swore that the killer would pay, even if they belonged to the Sword Sect.
• Zhang Zhengyang agreed with the old Taoist that Jiang Boyue would fail his tribulation and the Jiang Family would remain in decline.
• Qin Yi's production crew completed filming with Chen Zheng and Yanran embracing and kissing in the final scene.
• Qin Yi announced a celebration banquet, while An Jing worried that it would delay Chen Zheng from clearing her and Zuo Qinghong's true qi flow.

At Qin Yi’s celebration banquet, Young Master Lin barged in and tried to take Yanran and the other women away. Iron Arhat recognized Zuo Qinghong and, fearing Chen Zheng’s group, apologized and knelt before Chen Zheng with a fragmentary page from Kunlun.

• Director Xu discussed an action-film script with Chen Zheng and asked him to consider the male lead role.
• Young Master Lin kicked open the private-room door and demanded that Yanran and the other women join him.
• When Chen Zheng identified Iron Arhat as a Half-Step Grandmaster, Iron Arhat was startled, and Zuo Qinghong revealed herself and reminded him of her reputation.
• Young Master Lin ordered Iron Arhat to seize Zuo Qinghong, but Iron Arhat apologized to Chen Zheng and the banquet guests instead.
• Iron Arhat offered Chen Zheng a fragmentary page from a stone hall in Mount Kunlun and dropped to his knees, leaving Young Master Lin stunned.

Iron Arhat and Young Master Lin knelt before Chen Zheng after realizing Zuo Qinghong and Chen Zheng far surpassed them. Iron Arhat offered a fragmentary page of the Kunlun Limitless Art and revealed a strange design branded on his back, but Chen Zheng dismissed both as ordinary.

• Iron Arhat warned the bespectacled man and Young Master Lin to keep quiet, then Young Master Lin sobered up and knelt to beg Chen Zheng for mercy.
• Iron Arhat offered Chen Zheng a fragmentary page from the Kunlun Ancient Hall, and Zuo Qinghong pulled it through the air and handed it to him.
• Chen Zheng identified the fragmentary page as part of the Kunlun Limitless Art and said it was not worth his notice, shocking Zuo Qinghong and stirring Iron Arhat's greed.
• Iron Arhat offered to serve Chen Zheng as a slave in exchange for the art and revealed a strange design branded on his back.
• Zuo Qinghong recognized the design as connected to a long-standing cultivation-world rumor, but Chen Zheng dismissed it as ordinary, leaving Iron Arhat stunned.

Chen Zheng revealed that he had taught the creator of the Kunlun Limitless Art, leaving Iron Arhat and the others stunned. Iron Arhat swore eternal service to Chen Zheng and seized Young Master Lin and his aide as they tried to flee.

• Chen Zheng told Iron Arhat that the Kunlun Limitless Art and the markings on his back were simplified works derived from what Chen Zheng had taught their creator.
• Zuo Qinghong, An Jing, and Iron Arhat struggled to believe Chen Zheng’s claim, while Chen Zheng explained that the markings had left the non-martial guests in a daze.
• Iron Arhat covered his back, knelt before Chen Zheng, and swore a Heart Demon Oath to serve him forever.
• Chen Zheng gave Iron Arhat the fragmentary Kunlun page and indicated that he should deal with Young Master Lin.
• Young Master Lin and the bespectacled man tried to escape, but Iron Arhat caught them both and broke something as they screamed.

After Iron Arhat crippled Young Master Lin and pledged himself to Chen Zheng, the group left the restaurant as Yanran became determined to pursue Chen Zheng. At Su Cheng’s home, Chen Zheng agreed to attend the approaching Ancient Martial Arts gathering and visit the Xining Chen Family, whose invitation had reached Su Cheng.

• Iron Arhat threw Young Master Lin and the bespectacled man out, then bowed to Chen Zheng and promised to obey his orders.
• Chen Zheng declined Qin Yi’s suggestion to go karaoke, and the group left the Wanhua Grand Restaurant.
• Yanran told Qin Yi that her martial arts could make men obsessed with her, but she was willing to risk being conquered by Chen Zheng.
• At Su Cheng’s home, Zuo Qinghong felt her true qi increase after Chen Zheng cleared it and worried that she was falling in love with him.
• An Jing tested her strength against Chen Zheng, while Su Cheng said the Xining Chen Family had invited heroes to the upcoming gathering.
• Chen Zheng agreed to attend the gathering and visit the Xining Chen Family.

At the Jiang Family villa, Chen Zheng waited as Jiang Boyue prepared to face the Terrestrial Immortal Tribulation, while Zuo Qinghong warned him that a hidden force had long suppressed the Jiang Family. The tribulation began, and Chen Zheng sensed that several Great Grandmasters had arrived, leaving their intentions unresolved.

• Jiang Fang worried that Jiang Boyue might fail his tribulation, while Jiang Rou assured him that Chen Zheng could protect her grandfather.
• Zuo Qinghong told Chen Zheng that a cultivation sect had allegedly suppressed the Jiang Family for generations, and Chen Zheng said he would kill anyone who interfered.
• Chen Zheng sensed several cultivators nearby and dismissed them as ordinary Great Grandmasters, leaving Jiang Fang, Jiang Rou, Chen Zhi, and Zuo Qinghong stunned.
• Lightning struck near the Su Family villa, then thunderclouds gathered and repeated bolts cut off signals across the villa district.
• Chen Zheng watched as a white light enveloped the grounds and heavy rain began, then said the tribulation had started.

As Jiang Boyue endured his heavenly tribulation, three Great Grandmasters from the Celestial Master's Mansion attacked him. Chen Zheng intercepted them, killed one with a glance, and left the other two terrified as Jiang Boyue’s tribulation continued.

• Jiang Boyue began enduring the heavenly tribulation while Jiang Rou, Jiang Fang, and Zuo Qinghong watched with concern.
• Chen Zheng assured them Jiang Boyue could withstand the lightning if no one interfered, and Zuo Qinghong resolved to keep cultivating to preserve her beauty.
• Three Great Grandmasters struck at Jiang Boyue with talisman light, but Chen Zheng moved faster than the lightning and threw them into the hall.
• Zuo Qinghong recognized the Celestial Master's Mansion’s mark, and Jiang Rou and Jiang Fang realized it had been suppressing the Jiang Family.
• Chen Zheng silenced one attacker with a slap and reduced him to ash with a glance, leaving the other two Great Grandmasters and Zuo Qinghong shocked.

Chen Zheng protected Jiang Boyue through his Terrestrial Immortal tribulation despite the Celestial Master's Mansion's interference. After the Heavenly Dao appeared to turn against him, Chen Zheng confronted it, and the thunderclouds vanished.

• Chen Zheng killed a Great Grandmaster and challenged the remaining Mount Longhu experts to summon their Terrestrial Immortal before Jiang Boyue completed his tribulation.
• One Great Grandmaster sent a blood talisman to summon help, while the other realized Chen Zheng had been baiting them.
• A Terrestrial Immortal's golden light intensified Jiang Boyue's final tribulation, but Chen Zheng's tea droplet absorbed the nine lightning bolts.
• Chen Zheng dismissed the threat of the Heavenly Dao and walked outside to confront the thunderclouds.
• The thunderclouds, wind, and rain vanished at Chen Zheng's words; one Great Grandmaster prostrated himself while the other broke down in disbelief.

Chen Zheng drove away the heavenly tribulation, killed a distant Dao body, and ended the Mount Longhu attackers at the Jiang Family villa. Jiang Boyue survived the tribulation and defeated one Great Grandmaster, while Chen Zhi decided to let the Chen Family discover Chen Zheng’s changed nature for themselves at the Medicine King Banquet.

• After the heavenly tribulation fled from Chen Zheng, the Great Grandmaster insisted that its disappearance had been a coincidence.
• Chen Zheng sent a water droplet carrying the tribulation’s power toward the northeast and killed the Terrestrial Immortal’s Dao body from a distance.
• Chen Zheng told Jiang Boyue to test his new strength, and Jiang Boyue killed the Great Grandmaster who tried to seize Jiang Rou, Chen Zhi, and Zuo Qinghong.
• Chen Zheng reduced the last Great Grandmaster to ash with a glance after declaring that the Jiang Family was not a place attackers could come and go as they pleased.
• Chen Zhi decided not to warn her father about Chen Zheng and to let the Chen Family meet him themselves at the Medicine King Banquet.

Zhang Zhengyang learned that a mysterious young man had destroyed his incarnation and injured his senior brother, while the Celestial Master's Mansion prepared to restore its inheritance and seize power. In Nan City, Chen Zheng returned home, received his eight-figure acting fee, and watched his new drama debut to a barrage of mocking comments.

• The old Taoist told Zhang Zhengyang that a mysterious young man had absorbed the heavenly tribulation and killed his incarnation, and Zhang Zhengyang vowed the man would die.
• Zhang Zhengyang told the old Taoist that the Celestial Master's Mansion would soon recover its missing inheritance and gain the chance to reshape China's cultivation world.
• Chen Zheng returned to Su Cheng's home with Zuo Qinghong after taking Jiang Rou and Chen Zhi back to their residence.
• An Jing discovered that Qin Yi had paid Chen Zheng eight figures for his role, and Su Cheng realized she had never paid him wages as her bodyguard.
• An Jing opened Chen Zheng's drama online, where viewers mocked him as an unknown male lead, while Chen Zheng and the others watched and joked about the reactions.

Chen Zheng and Zuo Qinghong arrived at the Xining Chen Family mansion for the Medicine King Banquet, where Chen Dong tried to bar Chen Zheng from entering and mocked him as a cripple and bastard. Chen Zheng knocked Chen Dong aside with one slap and entered the mansion with Zuo Qinghong, leaving the gate guards stunned by how much he had changed.

• Chen Dong insulted Chen Zheng at the mansion entrance and claimed he would not let him into the Chen Family.
• Zuo Qinghong mocked Chen Dong and openly showed affection for Chen Zheng, refusing to accept Chen Dong's offer of help in showbiz.
• Chen Zheng asked when Chen Zhi would come out, and Chen Dong explained that she was accompanying the family head to welcome important guests.
• Chen Zheng decided to enter the mansion, and Chen Dong attacked him with a palm strike.
• Chen Zheng slapped Chen Dong into a stone lion, then walked inside with Zuo Qinghong as the guards hurriedly let them pass.

Chen Zheng arrived at the Chen Family's Medicine King Banquet, where the family revealed its Dust-Breaking Pill and the Second Master tried to drive him away. After Zuo Qinghong protected Chen Zheng and he decided to leave, three Great Grandmasters stood up to challenge the Second Master's order.

• The Chen Family elder announced that the family had refined a Dust-Breaking Pill, astonishing the guests at the Medicine King Banquet.
• Chen Zhi welcomed Chen Zheng at the hall entrance, and the Chen Family's Second Master ordered him to leave with a Grandmaster's roar.
• Zuo Qinghong shattered the roar with a laugh, revealed herself as a Peak Grandmaster, and called Chen Zheng her young master and her personal maid's master.
• Chen Zheng said he had only come to look and decided to leave after Chen Qian avoided his gaze.
• The Second Master sneered that Chen Zheng could not come and go as he pleased, and Jiang Boyue, Yu Canghai, and Hu Fei rose from their seats.

Chen Zheng stunned the Medicine King Banquet by receiving the reverence of three Great Grandmasters, then left after rejecting the Chen Family’s attempt to reconcile. When the Chen Family’s Second Master tried to assassinate him, Hu Fei killed him with a single sword strike.

• Yu Canghai, Jiang Boyue, and Hu Fei bowed to Chen Zheng and declared their gratitude and loyalty, shocking everyone at the banquet.
• The Chen Family’s Second Master apologized and knelt, but Chen Zheng said he acknowledged only Chen Zhi and then departed with Zuo Qinghong.
• The Chen Family’s Second Master attacked Chen Zheng from behind with a Soul-Chasing Silver Needle, which Jiang Boyue stopped in midair.
• Jiang Boyue’s display revealed that he had reached the Terrestrial Immortal realm, and the Second Master begged Chen Zheng to spare him.
• Hu Fei drew her sword and killed the Chen Family’s Second Master for attempting to assassinate Chen Zheng.

At the Chen Family’s Medicine King Banquet, the legendary Chen Zhilong emerged and offered to teach Chen Zheng pill refinement, but Chen Zheng declined and claimed his own skill was greater. Chen Zheng transformed the Dust-Breaking Pill before the astonished guests, leaving Chen Zhilong speechless as he examined it.

• Hu Fei killed the Chen Family’s second master after warning the hall not to disrespect Chen Zheng.
• Chen Zhilong appeared, revealed himself as the Medicine King, and offered to teach Chen Zheng pill refinement if he returned to the Chen Family.
• Chen Zheng refused the offer and said he was better at pill refinement than Chen Zhilong.
• Chen Zhilong displayed his Dust-Breaking Pill, and Chen Zheng called it ordinary before taking it and working an illusory flame over it.
• Chen Zheng returned the transformed pill and left, while Chen Zhilong stared at it in dumbfounded silence.

After Chen Zheng transformed the Dust-Breaking Pill and left the Chen Family, the Medicine King warned the family to keep the banquet’s events secret and reprimanded Chen Qian for his failures. Chen Zheng took the women to Fairy Lake, where a Daoist claimed an evil flood dragon would emerge and tried to make Zuo Qinghong his disciple; Chen Zheng warned that the Daoist faced a tribulation too.

• The Medicine King explained that Chen Zheng had raised the Dust-Breaking Pill’s grade, then ordered everyone to keep the banquet’s events secret.
• The Medicine King slapped Chen Qian for suggesting Chen Zheng had been possessed and criticized his poor management of the Chen Family.
• Chen Zheng took An Jing, Zuo Qinghong, Su Cheng, and the other women to Fairy Lake, where a splash in the water made them wonder whether an evil flood dragon was there.
• An old Daoist warned Zuo Qinghong that her beauty had stirred the flood dragon and offered to teach her his lineage as a way to escape the coming calamity.
• Chen Zheng told the Daoist that a tribulation awaited him, and the Daoist demanded that he explain himself.

At Fairy Lake, an old Taoist tried to persuade Zuo Qinghong to inherit his lineage by revealing that he was a Terrestrial Immortal and showing her a chained flood dragon. Chen Zheng and the women remained calm, and Chen Zheng kicked the Taoist flying, declaring that his calamity had arrived.

• The old Taoist claimed he was a nearly two-hundred-year-old Terrestrial Immortal and offered Zuo Qinghong his legacy to deal with the flood dragon.
• The old Taoist used Qimen Dunjia to surround Chen Zheng and the women in mist and reveal a real flood dragon chained beneath Fairy Lake.
• The flood dragon fixed its attention on Zuo Qinghong and strained against its chains, but An Jing joked about keeping or eating it.
• The old Taoist questioned why Chen Zheng and the women were not frightened, and Chen Zheng said the Taoist's calamity had arrived.
• Chen Zheng kicked the old Taoist and sent him flying before he could react or resist.

Chen Zheng and the others faced an evil flood dragon breaking free of its seal beneath Fairy Lake. When it attacked Zuo Qinghong, Chen Zheng killed it with a casual snap of his fingers, leaving Lü Changhe stunned.

• Chen Zheng sent Lü Changhe flying with a kick, and Lü Changhe claimed he belonged to one of China's three great esoteric sects.
• The immortal chains beneath Fairy Lake began snapping, and Lü Changhe urged Zuo Qinghong to inherit his cultivation so she could suppress the flood dragon.
• Zuo Qinghong revealed she was a Sword Sect disciple and remained calm beside Chen Zheng as Lü Changhe prepared to flee.
• The evil flood dragon burst from Fairy Lake and lunged at Zuo Qinghong, swatting Lü Changhe away when he tried to stop it.
• Chen Zheng snapped his fingers and severed the flood dragon's head, astonishing Lü Changhe.

Chen Zheng killed an evil flood dragon at Fairy Lake and took its body home to cook. After the feast left An Jing, Zuo Qinghong, and Su Cheng with surging true qi, Chen Zheng prepared to clear their channels.

• Chen Zheng killed the evil flood dragon, ignored Lü Changhe's Qimen Dunjia barrier, and took the dragon's head and corpse to cook.
• Lü Changhe collected the blood left at Fairy Lake and lamented that Chen Zheng was far beyond his strength.
• At Su Cheng's home, Zuo Qinghong doubted Chen Zheng's cooking until she tasted the flood dragon feast and joined An Jing and Su Cheng in devouring it.
• The feast made An Jing, Zuo Qinghong, and Su Cheng's true qi surge, and An Jing asked Chen Zheng to clear her channels.
• Zuo Qinghong asked if Chen Zheng would clear all three women's channels at once, and Chen Zheng agreed to try.

After testing his true-qi-clearing technique on Su Cheng, An Jing, and Zuo Qinghong, Chen Zheng reflected on his past and the power he needed to shatter the void. At Nan University, he defeated a Korean Yi Sword Lineage disciple who challenged him over Jin Yunmei, leaving the man embedded in a wall.

• An Jing and Zuo Qinghong discussed how Chen Zheng treated them like test subjects, and Su Cheng explained that he had first developed his clearing technique for an animal.
• Chen Zheng looked toward Mount Kunlun and reflected on his Supreme Sovereign Palace, his conflict with the Supreme One, and the first and highest heaven.
• At the Korean taekwondo club, a tall, thin man from the Yi Sword Lineage challenged Chen Zheng and claimed Yunmei could date him if he won.
• The man used his Yi Sword Art to send sword shadows at Chen Zheng, but the real sword shattered against Chen Zheng's brow without harming him.
• Chen Zheng kicked the tall, thin man into the wall, and Jin Yunmei watched him with a blush and a complicated expression.

Chen Zheng went to the Jasmine Bar after learning that Yan Susu had been afflicted by gu sorcery. He ordered the gu worm to leave her body, and it emerged trembling in fear of him.

• Chen Zheng ignored the injured Li Renhe, and Jin Yunmei decided to stay in China because she felt she had fallen under Chen Zheng's spell.
• Chen Zheng told Su Cheng that Yan Susu was in trouble and had her drive him to the Jasmine Bar.
• Yang Xuefei led Chen Zheng and Su Cheng to Yan Susu, where Tang Hanguang urged Yang Tiancheng to accept his dual-cultivation method for treating the gu.
• Chen Zheng dismissed Tang Hanguang's claim that the gu worm had burrowed deep into Yan Susu and told it to get out.
• A gu worm emerged from Yan Susu's arm, trembling as Tang Hanguang watched in disbelief.